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One of my colleagues just used the word "flabbergasted" and I am so glad my camera was off so they didn't see me do this:

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I’d be scared to work with you. Who knows what word I might say that you hate
 
Imagine the bloodbath if I dared utter the word faucet
 
I think the teacher is right probably. It's defining information and the sentence wouldn't really work without it unless there was previous context.

The two choices are odd though and I don't love that grammar teaching on this scale is normal. Is it for Kylie and is she Year 5/6?
 
Star said:
Moopies help a mother here. What's your thoughts on the answer to this question?

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"best describes best" and "just give extra information" are both terribly written English sentences, so no, send it back with red pen.

I'd also say the sentence does both things. Does she know the girl who has lost her glasses AS OPPOSED to other girls? Or does she know WHICH is the the girl who has lost her glasses? Either could be true because we don't have the context, but I'd argue that the latter is probably more likely to be used in normal speech.
 
Roe-st Potato 🥔 🌳 said:
I think the teacher is right probably. It's defining information and the sentence wouldn't really work without it unless there was previous context.

The two choices are odd though and I don't love that grammar teaching on this scale is normal. Is it for Kylie and is she Year 5/6?
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He's year 4, but they've given him a year 5 paper which is where this is from!
 
This is the full question, I totally understand the other two but I wasn't sure on the first one;

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Now that I see the full question, I see the difference in how I’d say it (the comma). But the way the question is presented and the answers are weird
 
It should be: Tamara knows the girl WHO has lost her glasses.
 
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Tisch said:
"best describes best" and "just give extra information" are both terribly written English sentences, so no, send it back with red pen.
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!!!

I'd be marching into school and kicking RIGHT OFF about this
 
Star said:
Moopies help a mother here. What's your thoughts on the answer to this question?

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If the relative pronoun used is that, then the answer is that it specifies the girl that Tamara knows

If the relative pronoun used had been who, then the answer would have been the second one x
 
RJN said:
Was this written by ChatGPT?
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Honestly the amount of times I have to use chat gpt to help with English homework is ridiculous. Maths, science I can do. But I can't get my head around this type of thing :(
 
Suomi said:
If the relative pronoun used is that, then the answer is that it specifies the girl that Tamara knows

If the relative pronoun used had been who, then the answer would have been the second one x
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1 hour Teams call each Saturday 9am during term time work for you? Homework is set on Friday and due in by the Weds so we try and get it done first thing Sat morning xx
 
Star said:
1 hour Teams call each Saturday 9am during term time work for you? Homework is set on Friday and due in by the Weds so we try and get it done first thing Sat morning xx
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Okay, well you have saved my life on at least 4 different occasions so I will agree to this and see you then :disco:
 
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